China, Bangladesh Pledge Deeper Military Cooperation

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We have adopted the Doctrine of Traditional People's War to face any invader. That has been the doctrine we had followed throughout history - against Tikka - Niazi, against Bhaskar Pandit, against Gen Man Singh and even against the British (their so called Terrorist Movement of Bengal).
My friend the religion that you guys are following, the god you're worshiping is the culture of Invaders, you lost it there.
 

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Yep! That's right. We have serious issues with India over rivers that flow from India. Chinese pat of Brahmaputra has no discharge south of Himalayas.
Are you nuts ?? Brahmaputra, comes from Tibet, which is a part of china, I guess their weapons and money is making you guys another Pakistan story.
 

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Are you nuts ?? Brahmaputra, comes from Tibet, which is a part of china, I guess their weapons and money is making you guys another Pakistan story.
Do your homework.

Many posts have already shed light on how much %% water of Rahmaputra is from Tibet.

Most of it is from Indian tributaries.
 

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Bangladesh commissions two Type 035 submarines from China
Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
13 March 2017



renamed as “Nobohatra”(S161)and“Joyhatra”(S162)




Bangladesh has commissioned its first ever submarines, two refurbished Type 035 (Ming)-class diesel-electric boats (SSKs) from China.

The submarines, which have been named BNS Nabajatra, and BNS Joyjatra, respectively, were commissioned on 12 March in a ceremony presided over by the country's prime minister Sheikh Hasina, at the BNS Issa Khan naval base in Chittagong.

"Through induction of these two submarines, the capability of Bangladesh Navy to safeguard the security and sovereignty of the newly established sea area of the country will increase significantly," the Bangladesh defence ministry said in a statement on the commissioning.

The SSKs were previously in service with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) with pennant numbers 356 and 357.












 

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Exclusive: China state firm in preliminary deal to buy Chevron's Bangladesh gas fields - oil executives
Reuters February 23, 2017


A Chevron gas station sign is seen in Del Mar, California, in this April 25, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
By Chen Aizhu and Ruma Paul

BEIJING/DHAKA (Reuters) - China's state-run Zhenhua Oil has signed a preliminary deal with Chevron (CVX.N) to buy the U.S. oil major's natural gas fields in Bangladesh that are worth about $2 billion, two Beijing-based Chinese oil executives said.

Zhenhua is a subsidiary of China's defense industry conglomerate NORINCO. A completed deal would mark China's first major energy investment in the South Asian country, where Beijing is competing with New Delhi and Tokyo for influence.

Bangladesh, though, holds the right of first refusal on the assets and could block the transaction. The country, via its national oil company Petrobangla, is keen to buy the gas fields and is talking to international banks to raise financing, according to a banking source familiar with the process.

Bangladesh is in the process of hiring global energy consultant Wood Mackenzie to assess the fields' reserves before placing a formal bid to buy the assets, two Bangladesh sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The Bangladesh sources said they were not aware of Zhenhua Oil's competing interest in the Chevron fields.

"As this project is in the process of commercial discussions, we can't comment based on our company policy," said Zhang Xiaodi, Zhenhua Oil's spokesman.

Zhenhua Oil is a small oil and gas explorer that despite its connections to China's defense industry is dwarfed in comparison to state energy giants PetroChina <0857.HK> and Sinopec <0386.HK>. It is trying to formalize its deal with Chevron by June, after the two companies signed a preliminary pact in January, the two senior oil executives told Reuters.

Zhenhua will partner with China Reform Holdings Corp Ltd, an investment vehicle under the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC). Zhenhua will hold 60 percent of the deal and China Reform 40 percent, the two executives said.

The executives declined to be named as these discussions were not public.

Chevron, in an e-mailed statement, confirmed that it was in commercial discussions on its Bangladesh assets, but would not comment further as a matter of policy.

Chevron had said in October 2015 that it planned to sell about $10 billion worth of assets by 2017 including geothermal projects in Indonesia and the Philippines and gas fields in Bangladesh amid a prolonged slump in energy prices.


Bangladesh knows that Chevron is in talk with global companies, but has no specific knowledge about Zhenhua's interest, said Nasrul Hamid, state minister for power, energy and mineral resources.

"This is Chevron's matter. We'll not interrupt but we are supposed to get the first priority," he said when asked if Bangladesh would try to block the China deal.

"We will place a formal bid only if the project is viable," Hamid said.

Chevron sells the entire output from its three gas fields - Bibiyana, Jalalabad and Moulavi Bazar, which account for more than half of Bangladesh's total gas output - to state energy firm Petrobangla under a production sharing contract.

ZHENHUA BEAT OUT CHINA RIVAL

With output and revenue slashed by low oil prices for the last nearly three years, China's state energy firms are under pressure to step up efforts to boost reserves and profits as Brent crude (LCOc1) stabilizes around $55 a barrel.

Zhenhua Oil appears to have outrivaled competing bidders by partnering with the state investment vehicle China Reform, the Chinese executives said.

Geo-Jade Petroleum Corp <600759.SS>, an independent Chinese oil and gas explorer, was a close competitor with a bid at $2.3 billion, said one of the executives.

"Possibly because Zhenhua is a state-owned company and has the backing of China Reform, that's why it was picked by Chevron," said the executive.

Zhenhua Oil has oil and gas operations in Iraq, Kazakhstan, Syria, Myanmar and Egypt.

If the Bangladesh deal materializes, it would hand the Chinese firm 16 million tonnes a year of oil equivalent output, including natural gas and condensate, a scale that would make it China's fourth-largest oil and gas producer, the two Chinese executives said.
 

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Bangladesh Navy commissions largest indigenously built warships, naval auxiliaries



The Bangladesh Navy (BN) commissioned two locally built Chinese Durjoy-class large patrol craft (LPC), Durgam (P 814) and Nishan (P 815), along with two 32 m submarine handling tugs, at its Titumir naval base in Khulna on 8 November. The vessels were built at the navy-operated Khulna Shipyard (KSY).

The BN's two new LPCs Durgam (pictured) and NishanI entered service on 8 November. (KSY)

The BN operates two similar Chinese-built Durjoy-class missile-armed, anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capable LPCs that were built by China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation's (CSIC’s) Wuchang Shipyard and delivered to the BN in late 2012.

It has taken KSY about 24 months to build the second pair to China Classification Society build standards, with material kits and technical assistance provided by CSIC. According to KSY officials, the warships cost about BDT8 billion (USD96 million) to build in-country, a savings of about 25% over the cost of importing them from overseas.



 

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BAF signs deal with China to procure training jets


Contract singing of K-8W JET Trainer aircraft procurement between BAF and China at presence of Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat and Ambassador of China Mr. Zhang-Zuo at Air Headquarter on Wednesday ISPR

Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat, BBP, OSP, ndu, psc was present at the signing ceremony

Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) has signed a contract with China for K-8W JET Trainer aircraft.
 

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